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morningstar.ventures

Investments

37

Partners & Customers

2

About Morningstar Ventures

Morningstar Ventures is an investor based in Dubai focusing on crypto.

Headquarters Location

Dubai,

United Arab Emirates

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Latest Morningstar Ventures News

Axelar Launches $60M Ecosystem Startup Funding Program

Dec 19, 2022

Axelar , a secure interchain communication network across Web3, launched the $60m Axelar Ecosystem Startup Funding Program. A group of top-tier blockchain investors is committing capital to support the program: Blockchange, Chorus One, Collab+Currency, Cygni, dao5, DCVC, Divergence Ventures, Dragonfly Capital, Lemniscap, Morningstar Ventures, Nima Capital, Node Capital, North Island Ventures, Rockaway Blockchain Fund, SCB 10X, and others. The program will accelerate the development of decentralized applications and protocols that can replace centralized exchanges, providing onramps to blockchain-based technology for millions of users. It is designed to nurture a pipeline of developers building Web3 products that are better than anything on the centralized web. That means they: Solve global problems that the centralized internet cannot address. Safeguard digital sovereignty, security and privacy. Onboard masses easily, without unnecessary friction between specific blockchains or tokens. Investors participating in the program will engage with teams individually, making independent investment decisions on the deals the Axelar Ecosystem Startup Funding Program introduces. Powered by this group of investors, the program will accelerate the growth of the decentralized web on all blockchains. To bootstrap the flow of new startups, the program intends to operate a series of hackathons, meetups and grant programs. Axelar has raised capital from top-tier investors, including Binance, Coinbase, Dragonfly Capital and Polychain Capital. Partners include major proof-of-stake blockchains, such as Avalanche, Cosmos, Ethereum, Polkadot and others. Axelar’s team includes experts in distributed systems/cryptography and MIT/Google/Consensys alumni; the co-founders, Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos, were founding team members at Algorand. FinSMEs 19/12/2022

Morningstar Ventures Investments

37 Investments

Morningstar Ventures has made 37 investments. Their latest investment was in FARE Protocol as part of their Seed VC on May 5, 2023.

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Morningstar Ventures Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

5/1/2023

Seed VC

FARE Protocol

$6.2M

Yes

1

1/12/2023

Seed VC

CryptoSimple

$1.08M

Yes

Morningstar Ventures, Taureon, and Undisclosed Investors

2

10/17/2022

Seed VC

YoloYolo

$3.5M

Yes

2

8/9/2022

Series A

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$99M

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10

5/10/2022

Series A

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$99M

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10

Date

5/1/2023

1/12/2023

10/17/2022

8/9/2022

5/10/2022

Round

Seed VC

Seed VC

Seed VC

Series A

Series A

Company

FARE Protocol

CryptoSimple

YoloYolo

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Amount

$6.2M

$1.08M

$3.5M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Co-Investors

Morningstar Ventures, Taureon, and Undisclosed Investors

Sources

1

2

2

10

10

Morningstar Ventures Acquisitions

1 Acquisition

Morningstar Ventures acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Coin.fyi on November 09, 2021.

Date

Investment Stage

Companies

Valuation
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Total Funding

Note

Sources

11/9/2021

$99M

Acq - Fin

1

Date

11/9/2021

Investment Stage

Companies

Valuation

$99M

Total Funding

Note

Acq - Fin

Sources

1

Morningstar Ventures Partners & Customers

2 Partners and customers

Morningstar Ventures has 2 strategic partners and customers. Morningstar Ventures recently partnered with Humans.ai on February 2, 2022.

Date

Type

Business Partner

Country

News Snippet

Sources

2/11/2022

Client

Romania

Humans.ai Boosts Middle East Presence with Morningstar Ventures Partnership

The new partnership will see Humans.ai benefit from Morningstar Ventures 's lengthy track record of helping multiple blockchain companies broaden their reach in recent years .

1

Partner

United Kingdom

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Date

2/11/2022

Type

Client

Partner

Business Partner

Country

Romania

United Kingdom

News Snippet

Humans.ai Boosts Middle East Presence with Morningstar Ventures Partnership

The new partnership will see Humans.ai benefit from Morningstar Ventures 's lengthy track record of helping multiple blockchain companies broaden their reach in recent years .

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Sources

1

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Morningstar Ventures Team

1 Team Member

Morningstar Ventures has 1 team member, including current Founder, Chief Investment Officer, Danilo S. Carlucci.

Name

Work History

Title

Status

Danilo S. Carlucci

Founder, Chief Investment Officer

Current

Name

Danilo S. Carlucci

Work History

Title

Founder, Chief Investment Officer

Status

Current

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